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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially fatal accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials darted across the track right in his path

The dangerous situation happened on the third lap when track officials were seen on the racing surface as Lawson was getting back on the race following an premature pit stop to change his damaged front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Immediately after, the team's competitor Lawson spoke to his race engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"

"I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing"

"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two dudes sprinting across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was incredibly risky"

Track Safety Questioned

"Obviously there's been a failure in communication somehow but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track track officials can be allowed to just dash across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some kind of clarification, but this must never be repeated"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

The sport's regulatory authority, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is thoroughly reviewing the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was informed that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the governing body

"On lap three, track officials were alerted and placed on standby to go onto the racing surface and clear the fragments once every vehicle had gone by"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy officials were rescinded and a caution signal was raised in that section"

"The examination is ongoing what occurred subsequent to that time"